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WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE?

Architecture is simply defined, in most English dictionaries, as ‘the art and science of designing structures or buildings’ but, as I found out working as a professionalarchitect for some time, that architecture is broader than how it is simply defined.
Most people when they think of architecture would think of houses, buildings, architects working on drawings,structural columns and beams, mouldings, cornices and the like.  Well, that’s what I also thought before of architecture when I was still a student, until I graduated and entered the real world and did realprojects.  And then I got to see the other side of architecture and experience a deeper understanding of what my profession really is about.

Architecture is an art.  It is an expression of thearchitect’s emotions, beliefs and ideals.  It is a lifestyle; a reflection of one’s personality.  It moves people, stimulating their emotions, imparting inspiration.  It tells a story, of events that hashappened and events that has yet to come.  It is time, connecting the past, the present and the future.
Architecture is science.  It realizes concepts and ideas into reality.  Making what seems to beimpossible possible.  It studies humans in a detailed way, making sure every detail is covered.  It understands all branches of science from mathematics, physics to chemistry, biology, understandinghow things work and how it can blend in with its environment.
Architecture connects people, creating communities, creating cultures and ideals, creating experiences.
Architecture is also businessand politics.  It understands profit, it understands economics.  It studies human laws and guidelines, making sure everything is in sync and in order.
Architecture is basically a collection of a lot ofdifferent things and what I’ve written here is just the tip of the iceberg.  You have to experience it yourself to truly understand what architecture is.

Architects in a way are artists,...